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The downtown Royal Oak Barnes & Noble store will close April 5, but store managers at eight other metro Detroit locations said today they will remain open.

David Deason, vice president of development for New York City-based Barnes & Noble Inc., confirmed to Crain’s in an emailed statement the closing of the Royal Oak store at 500 S. Main St.

Barnes & Noble operates more than 1,300 retail and college bookstores, including 21 in Michigan. Other metro Detroit stores, which will remain open, are in Allen Park, Ann Arbor, Grosse Pointe Woods, Northville, Rochester Hills, Shelby Township, Troy and West Bloomfield Township.

The company posted a $63.2 million third-quarter profit last month as it trimmed losses from its Nook digital unit, according to Bloomberg.

In December, the software design company Vectorform LLC said it will invest more than $2 million in a new headquarters in what is now the second floor of the downtown Royal Oak store. Plans for the rest of the building are not known; Crain’s left a message for Signature Associates, the building’s leasing agency.